All five face charges of assault by pointing a gun, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, first degree burglary, larceny after breaking and entering, robbery with a dangerous weapon and second degree kidnapping.

Poteat is also facing charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and assault on a female.

All five men were placed in Durham County Jail. Each was being held on $5 million bond.

MilkmanAug 8, 2014

Very happy these guys face a $5M bond, but why do other very serious crimes not face anywhere close to this amount of bond?

just a geeAug 8, 2014

5 million !! sounds about right to me !

WakeForestLivingAug 8, 2014

The unfortunate thing is durham doesn't have an intelligent district attorney's office. first year law students at University of Phoenix could beat them, even if there area eye witnesses, bloody footprints and a confession.

ncguyAug 8, 2014

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NCGuy--SO WHAT if he knew them?I know people, too, but they don't smash my door in at 1 am!

— Posted by geraniumposey

My point was that the police caught them in a half hour- how else could they do that?

68_dodge_polaraAug 8, 2014

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Nope, just the one you hear about on the news while Raleigh is left with unreported murders and gang violence. It's easy to keep your reputation clean when the media doesn't report every incident.

— Posted by WorkingMyNerves

Actually much of what occures in Durham is never reported in the news either.

68_dodge_polaraAug 8, 2014

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Because they imagine they are too smart to get caught.....and cannot imagine what it would be like to spend the rest of their lives in jail.................its as simple as that.

— Posted by Grand Union

"spend the rest of their lives in jail"

and they don't.

oleguyAug 8, 2014

I got something for this type, Have my on Judge and a public defender

Grand UnionAug 8, 2014

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Why do people keep killing and robbing? The odds of not getting caught these days are very slim. Is it worth a prison sentence to gamble with the odds? I don't think so. But they keep trying anyway. Duhhhh

— Posted by sezme

Because they imagine they are too smart to get caught.....and cannot imagine what it would be like to spend the rest of their lives in jail.................its as simple as that.

WorkingMyNervesAug 8, 2014

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Durham,

The Mogadishu of North Carolina.

— Posted by mike275132

Nope, just the one you hear about on the news while Raleigh is left with unreported murders and gang violence. It's easy to keep your reputation clean when the media doesn't report every incident.

Paladin2Aug 8, 2014

Teikko2000: "Why is race relevant? We're not looking for them. They're already in custody. So he can be judgemental in a racist type of way" Why not, it seems to be important to the media and the race hustlers on the rare occasions of white on black crime.